No Max, that was not a bite lol merely making a statement.
You're right every town has it's shitholes, but not every town is a shithole, but Hartlepool is, as much as I hate to say it. Yes there is some nice areas but they are outweighed by the bad areas, overall the town is fecked.
Oh and by the way I never said there was no good genuine lads up the Manor, I was back there just before my op to meet one or two of them, typical dinner up there a pie and chips from owton manor fish shop and nipped down to the lodge for a pint, plenty of good lads up there who I still deal with, but it